10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 4, 2015

10,000 Birds readers love terrific bird photography but hate bird abuse. That’s why reader Charlie Gordon wanted to share this disturbing story. Charlie is an amateur nature photographer from Singapore who has been birdwatching for close to 15 years now. He was first drawn to birding after realising that even the most urbanised spaces could harbour relatively high levels of bird diversity, and now spends time exploring other birding habitats around the region.

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4 The Love Of Animals

SEPTEMBER 30, 2015

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

Birding for the Curious: The Easiest Way for Anyone to Explore the Incredible World of Birds by Nate Swick brings birding back to its roots—a simple, joyous way to enjoy nature using our eyes, ears, hands (for sketching), and brain. Not that Nate eschews technology—he unabashedly urges beginning birders to eBird—but he views it as one element of a total package that anybody can engage in if they have that one ingredient—a willingness to learn.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 3, 2015

Entering some old data at eBird, I found myself puzzled with one record. I was canoeing the Danube backwaters inside Belgrade, Serbia, on a warm and sunny November day when a Northern Goshawk tried to catch one of two Pygmy Cormorants. The year was 1996 and it must have been quite a sight – if I only could remember it! But no, that sighting is no longer in my head, only on paper.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 11, 2015

Today’s post is written by Monte Merrick, wildlife rehabilitator and co-director of the Humboldt Wildlife Care Center/bird ally x in Arcata, CA. The species name is long enough to be the middle line of a formal English haiku. So we used MAFR, the American Ornithological Union’s 4-letter code. This may have also helped us accomplish our daily tasks without swooning every time the name was said.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 18, 2015

Timothy Barksdale is a birder/biologist turned filmmaker , passionately pursuing birds with a television camera for the last 24 years. His work is the foundation of the Macaulay Library video collection. Tim’s involvement with birds began very early and has led him to his passion for conservation through television. “No matter how many birds you see, unless your story is about how we are going to save habitat & birds, everything else is irrelevant.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 20, 2015

Now that the World Big Year record has been broken by Noah Stryker , with more than three months and much of Asia and Australia to go, I guess a blog post on Big Years is in order. Big Years are an inheritantly unfair competition for a variety of reasons. Of course they have nothing to do with the quality or knowledge of a birder since they are primarily a function of a) dedication b) time c) money and d) a good internet connection.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 25, 2015

The Durango Highway is arguably one of North America’s great birding roads due to the great variety of habitats, the spectacular mountain scenery of the Sierra Madre Occidental, and the numerous Mexican endemics one can target. Thus, I looked forward to this second portion of the trip with great anticipation. After finishing up near San Blas (and unsuccessfully searching for Rufous-necked Wood-Rail ), Andrew Spencer, Nathan Pieplow, and I continued our journey to the low foothills where t

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 9, 2015

The Mourning Dove ( Zenaida macroura) is among the most abundant and widespread terrestrial birds endemic to North and Middle America. Their habitats vary widely in both rural and urban landscapes; open habitats are preferred and the species generally shuns only extensively forested areas and wetlands 1. This gentle bird frequents bird feeders and readily nests almost anywhere.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

If you live in the eastern United States, chances are you’re familiar with the clear, loud, teakettle teakettle teakettle song that reverberates through woods and thickets. This unique sound belongs to the Carolina Wren , who unsurprisingly is the state bird of South Carolina! Adopted as the state bird in 1948 , the Carolina Wren actually superseded another species: the Northern Mockingbird.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 10, 2015

The Squirrel Cuckoo is the most common and widespread of all New World cuckoos. Wherever this cuckoo occurs, it never fails to be center of attention, even for those who don’t pay much attention to nature and birds. Photo: Christoph Diewald (Flickr). The Squirrel Cuckoo is more often seen as it flies from tree to tree or across a clearing in the forest.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

With fall migration well underway everywhere, it’s a good time to see what’s flying in bird news. Prothonotary Warblers (like the dapper bird above captured for posterity by Corey) should carry frequent-flier cards—a recent Audubon-led study found that one geolocator-toting individual racked up more than 5,000 miles in eight months. Can California Condors be taught to avoid the dangers of power lines ?

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 5, 2015

As with every tribe, we have our own set of sayings, slang, and “shop-talk” Many of us talk about twitching, lifers, and sewage ponds with nary a second thought even though such speech outside the birding community would provoke confused glances at best, and, at worst, concerned calls to family members or “the authorities” Our hobby-related lingo also changes by locale.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 27, 2015

There’s probably nothing in the birding world that engenders as much ire as the perception of suppression. one of the tenants of our community, and one tightly held by many of us, is that information about unusual birds should be freely accessible. That’s why we have listservs, and rare bird alerts, and the like. When a bird that people want to see is discovered, the idea is that people should get to see it.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 19, 2015

A rare bird is one we don’t see very often. However, that doesn’t mean that the bird species in question is necessarily endangered. For example, in Costa Rica, we have Eastern Phoebe on the list because one lone, very lost (or extremely adventurous) individual took a really big detour at Pismo Beach instead of making a short flight to wintering grounds much closer to home.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 27, 2015

Did you see the supermoon eclipse last night? If you didn’t, you missed something very special. I would lay odds that we birders geek out to all manner of natural phenomena at a higher rate than almost any other group. What do you think? The winds this weekend in western New York must have been favorable for migration, because the only nonresident I could track down was a Swainson’s Thrush.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 23, 2015

Gulls have always been a challenge to me. Maybe it’s because I don’t see them often, or seek them out, or even try to better my gull ID skills. It just seems so challenging. I mean you have two year gulls, three year gulls and even gulls that take four years to mature, and the plumage of all these species changes as they mature. On top of that, they occur in breeding and non-breeding plumage!

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 17, 2015

These are the days birders live for: gorgeous weather with waves of migrants in the air. Don’t let your bins gather dust this weekend. I’m headed down to NYC to chase birds with Corey. Look for us on the coast of Queens or wherever the winds drop the rare and unusual! How about you? Where will you be this weekend and will you be birding?

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

Events have been eventuating with great speed since my last poorly worded post and update from the Antipodes. Here in New Zealand our shambolic exercise in not picking a new flag is becoming a) political and b) something that people will quickly stop paying attention to when the Rugby World Cup starts. Meanwhile across the ditch , my useful column last week explaining how awful oxygen thief Tony Abbott could distract Australia from his flailing incompetence has sadly for him arrived too late and

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 25, 2015

As this series has already shown us, ornithological nomenclature is often a game of utter nepotism. Got a buddy whose birthday you forgot? Thinking about hitting someone up for a loan? Name a bird after them to butter them up! I’m pretty sure that both Machiavelli and Miss Manners have discussed the issue at length. So when I mentioned the Eleonora’s Falcon in my last post , you may have assumed that the name was a mother’s day present, or an engagement gift from some impecunio

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

Sometimes great birding days are not about all the birds you see. Some are great because of just one. I had spent the morning on Navarre Beach, walking the pier looking for sea turtles and dolphins, then making my way down the beach. A thunderstorm threatened, casing a dark shadow across the green waters of the Gulf, but rain never fell. The beach had a fair number of shorebirds, plus dozens of Least Terns scanning the surf for little bait fish and other prey.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 27, 2015

More migration (and other) news, on the wing … As Redgannet can probably attest, Blackcaps seem to be bypassing their traditional Spanish wintering grounds in favor of the UK, possibly because of backyard bird feeders. On the other hand, some folks in Australia are going all out to discourage those who toss bread to waterfowl. Using feathers, the Bird Genoscape Project is hoping to pinpoint migration routes and thereby stave off environmental issues that could lead to bird population dec

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 12, 2015

It may be considered to be a trash bird by some. It is certainly thought of as a pest as far as farmers are concerned. But the Common Woodpigeon is one of the easiest ticks for any American birder passing through the UK. It can be seen anywhere there are trees or meadows. It can be seen on street lamps and crossing over motorways. Even gazing wistfully from a transit lounge will probably turn up a Columba palumbus.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 13, 2015

We have just been away for a week camping and birding in the bush to the north of Broome and while I will give you more details of some of the places we visited in forthcoming posts I will just share with you all an encounter with a pair of Grey-fronted Honeyeaters this week. During the week the temperature hovered around 40c (104f) most days, but the humidity was incredibly low at around 5% and you really did not perspire.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

On either 10 or 11 October, depending on which day has the better forecast for birds, several other birders and I will spend all day – from pre-dawn to dark – on the hawk watch platform at Fort Tilden. Why? The 2nd Annual Queens County Bird Club Big Sit, of course! Last year we had a great time and managed to spot a pretty impressive 74 species and we have even more exciting plans for this year.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 22, 2015

There’s really only one thing that will roll me out of bed before first light on a Saturday: the possibility of seeing birds. I threw on some clothes, slung my binoculars and camera into the car, and headed off to the meeting point for a morning bird walk with the Choctawhatchee Bay Audubon Society. We started off in a quiet park inside a suburban neighborhood, but though I always enjoy Red-eyed Vireos , Carolina Chickadees , and Ruby-throated Hummingbirds , I was more excited about the bi

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 20, 2015

An interesting aspect of September weather, at least in temperate climes, is its maddening mutability. Only in September do I find need for both the air conditioner and heater in the span of just a few hours! Corey’s Best Bird of the Weekend was one of several good birds that I, he, and his buddy Seth spotted in Kissena Corridor Park on Saturday morning.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 14, 2015

Sure, it’s been well over a month since I returned from my fun-filled, family vacation to Honduras but that doesn’t mean that it’s too late to blog about it, right? If anything, the time that has passed since our trip has solidified the memories and cut the wheat from the chaff, which means that you will only get the very best highlights of the trip.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 13, 2015

L’shanah tovah to everyone celebrating the beginning of a sweet new year. For everyone else, this is as good a time as any to look forward to another twelve months of health and happiness… and birds, obviously. The only birds I had eyes for this week were the Cardinals, Ravens, and Seahawks that kicked off the first week of NFL football.

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